50 Best Country Songs About Robbery

Country Robbery Songs That Tell Stories of Risk and Restlessness

There’s a certain mood that comes with tracks that lean into robbery tales. Not clean or heroic, but rough-edged, smoky, carrying that pulse of running out of time. Country music has always had room for outlaws and desperate characters, but these songs hit closer to that uneasy territory where the story feels half-dangerous and half-sad. Some are narrative ballads painting the crime in detail, others simply borrow the imagery to tap into the rush of crossing a line. Not every track in this list is a literal stickup, but they capture the same restless charge.

You can hear echoes of bank doors slamming, quick getaways, or the weight of consequences hanging heavy on the chorus. Some artists lean into swagger, like it’s all part of the show, while others underline the regret buried under the thrill. The way these songs blur that space between myth and reality makes them stand out, and the tradition reaches across pop, rock, country, and R&B songs even when the setting feels small-town and dust-covered. It’s not about glorifying the crime itself, but about tracing the adrenaline and fallout that hang around it.

They play like soundtracks to smoky bars, late-night drives, or the kind of moments where tension is thick enough to cut through. The robbery theme slips in through storytelling, metaphors, or straight-up outlaw grit, and it lingers long after the track fades. Here are the best country songs that dive into robbery.

1. 'Folsom Prison Blues' by Johnny Cash

2. 'Highwayman' by The Highwaymen

3. 'The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd' by Woody Guthrie

4. 'Pancho and Lefty' by Townes Van Zandt

5. 'I Fought the Law' by The Bobby Fuller Four

6. 'Copperhead Road' by Steve Earle

7. 'Mama Tried' by Merle Haggard

8. 'Ladies Love Outlaws' by Waylon Jennings

9. 'Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand' by Waylon Jennings

10. 'Long Black Veil' by Lefty Frizzell

11. 'Robbery' by The White Buffalo

12. 'Highway Robbery' by Tanya Tucker

13. 'The Ride' by David Allan Coe

14. 'Drunk on a Plane' by Dierks Bentley

15. 'El Paso' by Marty Robbins

16. 'The House That Built Me' by Miranda Lambert

17. 'Gunpowder & Lead' by Miranda Lambert

18. 'Red Headed Stranger' by Willie Nelson

19. 'Delia's Gone' by Johnny Cash

20. 'Armed Robbery' by Billy T Cash

21. 'A Boy Named Sue' by Johnny Cash

22. 'Jolene' by Dolly Parton

23. 'The Whiskey Ain't Workin'' by Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart

24. 'I'm a Ramblin' Man' by Waylon Jennings

25. 'Goodbye Earl' by The Chicks

26. 'Cocaine Blues' by Johnny Cash

27. 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' by The Charlie Daniels Band

28. 'The Thunder Rolls' by Garth Brooks

29. 'Two Black Cadillacs' by Carrie Underwood

30. 'The Gambler' by Kenny Rogers

31. 'The Coward of the County' by Kenny Rogers

32. 'Take the Money and Run' by The Steve Miller Band

33. 'Billy the Kid' by Billy Dean

34. 'The Last Gunfighter Ballad' by Johnny Cash

35. 'The Legend of Wooley Swamp' by The Charlie Daniels Band

36. 'The Cold Hard Facts of Life' by Porter Wagoner

37. 'Whiskey Lullaby' by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss

38. 'Ain't No Grave' by Johnny Cash

39. 'The Long Haul' by Sturgill Simpson

40. 'In the Jailhouse Now' by Jimmie Rodgers

41. 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' by George Jones

42. 'Sinners Like Me' by Eric Church

43. 'The Ride' by David Allan Coe

44. 'Whiskey River' by Willie Nelson

45. 'The House of the Rising Sun' by The Animals

46. 'I Don't Want to Live on the Moon' by Ernie

47. 'The Chicken in Black' by Johnny Cash

48. 'The Devil's Right Hand' by Steve Earle

49. 'Lonesome Town' by Tanya Tucker

50. 'I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive' by Hank Williams